| ROA: | 409 |
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| Title: | An Optimality Theory Study of Nasals in Japanese |
| Authors: | Kevin Heffernan |
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| Length: | 24 |
| Abstract: | An Optimality Theory Study of Nasals in Japanese Kevin Heffernan University of British Columbia, Vancouver This is an Optimality Theory study of the behaviour of nasals in coda position in Japanese. A diachronic approach is taken by first examining the treatment of nasals in Sino-Japanese loan words in Old Japanese, and then applying the grammar to the modern Japanese verb and mimetics paradigms. The 'Sympathy Approach' (McCarthy 1998) is used to overcome the problem of opacity. Evidence is also taken from elision in the Yamato stratum. The under-specification of the nasal in coda position is then questioned using the results obtained. |
| Type: | Paper/tech report |
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| Article: | Version 1 |